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The Sailor

Have you ever wondered what Navy strength actually means? And what's it got to do with Gin?

Sit down and pour yourself a glass my friend and wonder no longer.

We enter the Royal British Navy, an organisation that liked their gin very boozy indeed. They found that if you mix a 'Navy' strength gin, around 57-58% with gunpowder [as you do when you're stuck on a boat for months on end with very little entertainment] - it still ignites if it has enough alcohol in it. "Proof" it's good, really.